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Supreme Court Cites UF Environmental and Land Use Law ScholarsThe Supreme Court recently cited the scholarship of Professors Michael Wolf and Danaya Wright in the decision Murr v. Wisconsin, 137 U.S. 1933 (2017). Justice Anthony Kennedy cited Professor Wright in his majority opinion, while Chief Justice John Roberts cited Wolf in his dissenting opinion.

5th Greenest Law SchoolNational Jurist has recognized UF Law as the fifth greenest law school in the country. The magazine compiled its ranking by examining a number of factors, including the schools’ efforts to maximize sustainability while minimizing environmental impact, provision of mass transit options for students, receipt of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certifications, and course offerings related to environmental law.

Danaya Wright: A New Time for Denominators: Toward a Dynamic Theory of Property in the Regulatory Takings Relevant Parcel Analysis, 34 Environmental Law 175, 180 (2004).

Michael Alan Wolf: Powell on Real Property § 81A.05(2)(a) (M. Wolf ed. 2016).

Environmental and Land Use Law

UF Environmental and Land Use LawROBUST FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP AND PRESENTATIONS (SELECTIONS FROM 2017-2018)

Mary Jane Angelo Sam T. Dell Term Professor; Director, Environmental and Land Use Law ProgramResearch Handbook on Climate Change and Agricultural Law (Edward Elgar 2017) (with Anel Du Pleissis).

Tim McLendon Staff Attorney, Center for Governmental Responsibility United States Preservation Law: Why Preserve? What Should We Preserve? How Do We Preserve? (Stetson University October 2017).

Christine A. Klein Chesterfield Smith ProfessorOwning Groundwater: The Example of Mississippi v. Tennessee, 35 Virginia Environmental Law Journal 474 (2017).

Alyson Craig Flournoy Alumni Research ScholarBeach-Law Clean-Up: How Sea-Level Rise Has Eroded the Ambulatory Boundaries Legal Framework, 42 Vermont Law Review 89 (2017).

Danaya C. Wright Clarence J. TeSelle ProfessorA Requiem for Regulatory Takings: Reclaiming Eminent Domain for Constitutional Property Claims, 49 Environmental Law (forthcoming 2019).

Joan D. Flocks Director, Social Policy Division, Center for Governmental ResponsibilityA Systematic Review of Mancozeb as a Reproductive and Developmental Hazard, 99 Environment International 29 (2017) (with Jennifer Runkle, et al.).

Michael Allan Wolf Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local GovernmentRight Environmentalism: Repurposing Conservative Constitutionalism, 50 Arizona State Law Journal 651 (2018).

Thomas T. Ankersen Legal Skills Professor; Director, Conservation ClinicApplying Clinical Legal Education to Community Smart Growth: The University of Florida Conservation Clinic, in Partnerships for Smart Growth: University – Community Collaboration for Better Public Places 64 (Taylor & Francis 2017) (with Nicole C. Kibert).

Amy Stein Professor of LawBreaking Energy Path Dependencies, 82 Brooklyn Law Review 559 (2017).

The 2018 Annual Wolf Family Lecture on the American Law of Real Property featured Eduardo M. Peñalver, Tessler Dean and Professor of Law at Cornell Law School (pictured left). Dean Peñalver presented his work, Property, Democracy, and Locke.

The Environmental Capstone Colloquium brings prominent speakers who address differ-ent aspects of a compelling issue related to environmental law and land use policy. The spring 2018 theme was “Water.” Speakers included:

Robert Palmer, Howard T. Odum Florida Springs Institute Melissa Scanlan, Director, New Economy Law Center, Vermont Law School Mark Squillace, Professor, University of Colorado Law School Bruce Huber, Robert & Marion Short Scholar, University of Notre Dame Law School.

In October 2017, UF Law’s Center for Race and Race Relations and the Environmental and Land Use Law Program co-sponsored a workshop, “Clean Water and Environmental Justice: Lessons from the Flint Water Crisis,” given by Professor Mary Jane Angelo.

In July 2018, the Environmental and Land Use Law Program, along with Vanderbilt University, the University of North Carolina, and the University of South Carolina, co-sponsored workshop for environmental law scholars to present and receive comments on their research.

Interdisciplinary FocusProfessor Amy Stein serves on the Faculty Advisory Committee of the Florida Climate Institute, a consortium of 10 Florida universities with a multi-disciplinary network of national and international research and public organizations, scientists, and individuals concerned with achieving a better understanding of climate variability and change.

Professor Mary Jane Angelo serves on the Faculty Advisory Committee of the UF Water Institute, a UF consortium addressing complex water issues through innovative interdisciplinary research, education, and public outreach program. Thomas Ankersen and Christine Klein are also both affil-iate professors, with Ankersen serving as a Collaborating Faculty member on the 2017-2019 UF Water Institute Graduate Fellows Program.

Robust Student Learning Experiences The Public Interest Environmental Conference, an annual student-run event, brings together nation-ally and internationally known academics, policy makers, and practitioners to discuss preeminent environmental issues through an interdisciplinary lens. The 24th Annual Public Interest Environmental Conference, held in February 2018, addressed “Our Climate: The Only Constant is Change.”

In 2017, the Environmental and Land Use Law Program collaborated with the UF Emerging Patho-gens Institute, the UF Water Institute, and the State University of Haiti, Port-au-Prince to analyze water law and policy in Haiti. The collaboration included events in the US and Haiti.

Fellowships for Student Field PlacementsStudents compete for several fellowships that fund placements in organizations and agencies that focus on environmental law and policy. These funds include Rumberger Foundation Fellowships, Conservation Law Fellowships, Florida Water Law Fellowships, and Environmental and Land Use Law Program Minority Fellowships.

Outstanding Clinical & Experiential LearningCONSERVATION CLINICStudents obtain hands-on experience focusing on transactional legal work and drafting policies with local, national, and international significance. Fall 2018 clinic clients include: Alachua Conservation Trust, Florida Springs Institute, Sea Turtle Con-servancy, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Community Land Trust Institute, Working Food, and Wildlife Conservation Society.

COSTA RICA PROJECTLaw students work with UF’s Florida Institute to provide advice for the Costa Rican Ministry of the Environment on how to expand the international designation of an important wetlands area.

Extracurricular Activities for StudentsENVIRONMENTAL MOOT COURT TEAMUF students participate annually in the National Environmental Moot Court Competition and the International Environmental Moot Court Competition. Students on UF’s Environmental Moot Court Team brief cases and present oral arguments in competitions against teams from around the world.

ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND USE LAW SOCIETY Students in the Environmental and Land Use Law Soci-ety participate in community service projects around the greater Gainesville, Florida area.

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UF Environmental and Land Use Law SPRING BREAK FIELD COURSESStudents participate in yearly Spring Break Field Courses. These interdisciplinary courses are taught by professors from UF Law and from other units within the university. The 2018 course, held in St. Augustine, Florida, focused on “Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Cities” and was sponsored by the Florida Climate Institute.